Ji Xia never thought that she would be honored, because in her opinion, everything she did was to complete the system tasks. Of course, it was also her long-cherished wish to make the motherland strong and accelerate the pace of the motherland's industrialization process.

But these are her personal visions and have nothing to do with others.

Qin Xiao helped her, Liang Zihua helped her, and she brought many people to work. She was actually grateful to them in her heart. After all, without her and without these technologies, China would still have risen decades later.

Until this moment, she received praise from so many people and recognition from the top leaders. She was very uneasy inside. But until this moment, she felt like she was part of this era. She thought, she was really living in this era.

The sense of belonging truly comes.

This is also her era.

When the news came that Ji Xia was invited to Beijing to receive the May 1st Labor Medal, the whole Bing County was excited.

Bing County has undergone tremendous changes now. People in the county town are basically in a hurry when walking on the streets. The main reason is that they are too busy. Every factory is very busy, and of course the wages are high.

Temporary workers in other counties generally earn 15 yuan a month, but here it is 20 yuan. Ordinary workers earn 25 yuan a month, but here it is 32 yuan. With such a high wage level, who wouldn't work hard?

This city actually has a fast pace that is only seen in later generations. Isn’t it amazing?

I can only say that all this is thanks to Ji Xia.

The first car off the production line was consigned to the Canton Fair, also known as the China Import and Export Fair. It is held in Guangdong Province every spring and autumn. It is jointly organized by the Ministry of Commerce and Guangdong Province and hosted by the Foreign Trade Center. There is no doubt that this is an opportunity to attract foreign businessmen.

China's own cars will be exhibited at this Canton Fair. When the cars were shipped, the news had already been spread through the Ministry of Commerce and the organizer of the Canton Fair, causing a response from all over the world.

Automobiles are the leader of industrial production. A car has so many parts, involves a wide range of processes, has a high technical content, and a long industrial chain. It is well known that China can independently complete the design and manufacturing of automobiles, which is simply shocking.

At this time in the United States, a high-level secret meeting was held in New York City. At the meeting, people from the Ministry of Defense and the National Security Agency, representatives from the Pentagon, industrial giants, and decision-makers and technical personnel from the three major American automobile companies were present.

"Have the Chinese never seen what a car is? Do they think that a machine with four wheels that can carry people is called a car? How ridiculous!" The security bureau personnel mocked.

The people at the Hexagon silently agreed. "Indeed, I think we should teach them a lesson. Shouldn't we send a few cars to the Canton Fair this time to teach them a lesson and let them see what a car is?"

The representative from the Ministry of National Defense was a woman named Chris, who still had some sanity. "Don't jump to such conclusions. I heard that the machine tools imported from China have very high processing precision. Is that true?"

The technician from Fute nodded and said, "Indeed, it has solved many of our problems. Before, many of our designs could not be realized due to the existing level of industrial manufacturing, but now with China's machine tools, we can realize our designs."

Chris frowned and asked, "Then can you evaluate whether China can design and manufacture a car of the same level as ours?"

A technician from the same company scoffed. "Ma'am, you might have some misunderstanding about vehicle design and manufacturing. It's a systems engineering project, not a bicycle. Especially for sedans. Design and manufacturing requires a lot of theoretical support, and I don't think China has mastered that capability yet."

Chris secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but the fact that they all used the same company did not completely reassure her. She asked the technicians from Fute and Kress again, obviously wanting to hear their opinions.

The Ford technician smiled and shook his head. "Ma'am, don't worry. Just because they can manufacture machine tools doesn't mean they've made a breakthrough in vehicle engineering. As we all know, vehicle design and manufacturing represent a country's highest level of industrial development. China has only been established for a few years and is extremely poor. I heard they can't even get enough to eat. How can they afford to develop industry?"

The technician from Chrysler Corporation had done some work before coming to this meeting, and he agreed with the words of the technicians from the previous two companies.

The top executives of the three companies felt that it was simply unfounded for these political elites to express concerns about such things.

However, they also agreed to send a few cars to the Canton Fair to let those country bumpkins see what a real car is!

Because they were afraid that it would be too late, the cars sent by the United States to the exhibition were all transported by air. The cost was a bit high, but their original intention was to deter, so there was no need to consider the cost.

The car that Ford gave away was the Bronco, a full-size large two-door SUV that they are currently selling at a great price. The car that Ford gave away was the Trailblazer, which is in the same class as Ford's car.

Ford was slightly inferior to its competitors in this car, but they had secretly prepared their weapons, intending to surpass Ford in new car sales in the next year. At this time, the Gran Torino Squire Station Wagon, a new car that would be launched in 1972, was still in the secret development stage.

Fute has already invested a lot of money in research and development, and suppliers are developing tooling and dies and preparing to deliver samples for trial production.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing. Once the car is trial-produced, it will be Ford's time to shine.

When the three American automobile companies sent their exhibition cars to the Canton Fair, Bingxian Automobile Factory had also sent two exhibition cars to the Canton Fair, one in crystal silver and the other in carbon crystal black, both of which were very stylish and eye-catching.

However, all the cars were covered with car covers at this time and were not on display.

This time, Bing County exhibited a large number of products. In addition to large items such as cars and machine tools, industrial products also include tires, with the main focus on car tires.

More than two thousand years ago, Qin Shi Huang established the rule of standardizing the gauge for all vehicles. To this day, Ji Xia also recommends following this rule in the definition of tires and vehicles. Therefore, the tires sent to the exhibition are in two sizes: 15 inches and 17 inches.

The Canton Fair is being prepared in full swing. The Bing County exhibition delegation is led by Wei Zhenguo, and the Canton Fair has specially reserved an exhibition hall on one floor for Bing County's exhibition.

Wei Zhenguo kept Ji Xia's instructions in mind and wrapped all the products on display tightly, leaving no gaps. He even arranged people to guard at night to prevent people from causing damage.

Because Ji Xia said that if the Canton Fair is well organized this time, Bing County will have more income, and then the money for road construction in the entire Bing County will be no problem.